h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Paulh was cowering under the table in Santa Claus's dining room, worried that everyone was going to try to throw pies at him. The he heard Santa say, "Everybody hold your pies up so the photographer can get a good picture of them. Wait, where has Paulh gone?"

Backing up, Paulh tried to get to his feet so he could be in the picture too. Unfortunately, the Cloak of Magic Realism got caught under the table leg, so it came off when he stood up. Santa
Claus's dining room vanished and Paulh found himself back at his own dining table. On the table was an immense pie. Beside it was a message from Santa Claus. It read:

"Dear Paulh,

My cook baked this pie especially for you. Every bite will taste different in a wonderful way. Here's a photo of the dinner that you spent with us, to keep your memories alive. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

All the best, Santa Claus."

Paulh looked at the photo and saw everybody he had run into during his month-long adventures. He looked over at Fluffy Pink Rabbit, who was still sitting on the futon. FPR was busy tucking into a carrot pie that Santa had brought to him.

There was still one thing left to do. Paulh carefully folded the Cloak of Magic Realism and put it back in its special box. It went into a corner of his closet, so it would be ready the next time he felt like wearing it......

Thanks, Amy.

At some point I would like to gather all 29 episodes and put them together into one entry. There will be a lot of typos to correct, though. I never ever seem to find all of them, no matter how many times I reread them.....

I enjoyed that, Paul. Your Santa story is much better than the one by Frank L Baum I found while writing yesterday.

Don't worry about the typos. Just get it all together on one page and send it to .

It may take a week or two, but we'll sort it out.

I have edited the first 5 episodes so far.
http://h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A87778930?s_fromedit=1

Any idea how many words that is?

You might want to consider dividing it into chapters and sending it to as a series.

It's episodic. I haven't counted the words. I've just added episodes 6 through 10 to the entry....

One other option is that I could edit the scenes at Santa's dining table as one entry, with a foreword summarizing what led Paulh to the pool where Santa rescued him. There could be link to the whole story, so people who were interested could go there and read it.

That sounds like a plan.

I think I can have that ready for you within a day or two.

You can either put it up on h2g2, and tell me here, or send it to postteamhg-at-gmail-dot-com. That's if you want to keep the product a secret.

I would put it up on H2G2. I have few secrets here.

That's fine. A lot of contributors to are sensitive about rubber-neckers.